Revealed at the end of last season by his decisive goals in the race to maintain, the striker is down in the finish, with only 1 goal in 19 matches during the first leg. To the point of seeing his starting position threatened?
That she seems far from the end of last season. Hero of the maintenance obtained during the final sprint, Killian Corredor had upset a collective destiny at the same time as he made his career take off. With his energy, his generosity, his nerve and by being decisive, the striker had quickly won over his former coach, Laurent Peyrelade, and his supporters, some of whom saw him as the worthy successor to Ugo Bonnet. Holder in the last six meetings (his first appearances in the starting lineup in L2), author of two goals, including that of the almost official maintenance during the victory at Bastia (1-0, 37th J.), the kid who has grew up in Entraygues-sur-Truyère was the symbol of the recovery leading to a rescue that was badly embarked.
His feats of arms earned him a change of status. Returning to Raf in the summer of 2021, initially without signing a professional contract, the player who passed through the Toulouse training center thus lived the first half of the current season in the shoes of an essential holder, at the point of being the second most used player in the squad, behind Bradley Danger. An upheaval, since before its hatching, Laurent Peyrelade repeated that“he wasn’t ready” to play in Ligue 2…
But since then, it is clear that the increase in his playing time has not been followed by an increase in his statistics in the same proportions. With only 1 goal and 1 assist in 19 appearances (including 16 starts), Killian Corredor has not had the expected impact on blood and gold performances and seems to be going through a growing pains.
“He likes to sacrifice himself”
“He may have lost a bit of confidence in front of goalrecognized Didier Santini, his trainer. But not in his forward runs.” By being associated with a fixing striker, like Clément Depres or Joseph Mendes, the former Toulouse player gives depth to his team’s game. His runs are also important in defensive work and his commitment has never been faulted. “He’s a great guy, who likes to sacrifice himself. He’s on the run all the time and is able to get balls that we thought were lost”greets the blood and gold coach.
While recognizing that this excess of energy can also affect its performance. “At times, you also have to know how to be selfish. He is not always where he should behe notes. He still has to learn to structure himself.”
A new competitor
Didier Santini also warns that one should not “not skip the steps” with this young player. A way to say that it could be used less later? May be. His coach preferred Andy Pembélé to him in three of Raf’s last four matches (including the Coupe de France). And the 22-year-old will now have to deal with a new competitor, Sambou Soumano, who arrived in Aveyron last week. And it is certainly no coincidence that Gregory Ursule, the manager of Raf, presented the Senegalese on loan from Lorient as “a finishing striker”.
Even if this sentence was not necessarily intended for him, it is also a way of signaling to Killian Corredor that generosity cannot be enough. To remain indisputable, it is up to him to rediscover the success that had brought him into the hearts of the blood and gold supporters in the spring.
